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Here's the standard thread for talking smack, giving props, analyzing. rankings, or anything else we might like to do. I'll start it off with total salaries. Sorted by the total salary after subtracting players up for sale. The numbers are: total salary - player salary for players up for sale - player salary after sale (notes in parens):

B8 - Redstones - $201,530 - $2,613 - $198,917 (strong looking team)
G8 - K12 - $174,134 - $0 - $174,134 (21 players - one accounts for 25% of all salary)
B8 - Philadelphia Giants - $166,970 - $0 - $166,970 (shallow roster)
G8 - Knickerbockers (that's me!) - $146,113 - $0 - $146,113
B8 - Team Checkmate - $144,435 - $0 - $144,435 (Their PG accounts for ~50% of their total salary)
G8 - Dough Boy$ - $185,977 - $45,391 - $140,586
G8 - Yellow Bellied Sappsuckers - $128,552 - $0 - $128,552
G8 - The Heats - $123,455 - $0 - $123,455
G8 - Navajo Nation Advent - $117,270 - $2,966 - $114,304
G8 - Boston3Party (winner of the best name award) - $129,277 - $20,691 - $108,586
B8 - Montana HeadBangers - $106,257 - $0 - $106,257 (very shallow roster)
B8 - Lay Down the Law - $105,184 - $0 - $105,184
G8 - divinedragons - $96,150 - $0 - $96,150 (one player accounts for over 1/3 of all salary)
B8 - Jewish Mob - $107,251 - $12,478 - $94,773
B8 - Catzzz - $97,743 - $6,913 - $90,830
B8 - Miami Heat AC - $96,142 - $0 - $96,142 (25 players)

All in all both conferences look solid at the top, but the Great 8 seems a lot deeper. Obviously salary isn't everything and anything can change - let's see how things progress!

Here's my impression:

Redstones - Strong players, but could have better managed Gameshape both last season and this season. If he can put his talent closer to 60-70 minutes per game each and get a specialized staff member with massage to reduce the impacts of too many minutes per week, then he could be a lot better. I think he would've made the finals regardless of normal vs CT, and i think i would've lost to him. Instead, he didn't get that far.

K12 - I treated him like an AWOL manager who would normal and not properly manage Gameshape then. He made it back because we had some teams tank and his topend players even on bad GS were better than tanking, but his salary is very much inflated.

Philadelphia Giants - Same problems as Redstones honestly. Very good albeit a bit topheavy in terms of the lineup, but has no gameshape management. Needs to just drop someone out of the picture with salary, bring back two guys with 10-15k salary and a 4k who has 9-10 OD or 9-10 ID, and learn to manage GS better. I think between this team and redstones, you have two managers that are gameshape understanding away from being dangerous in B8.

Knickerbockers - 1 week really isn't enough for me to evaluate why you demoted. If you ever join the US Offsite and post a diary i'll take a look at it and see.

Checkmate - Same as the other G8 teams. Gameshape is a disaster because of the lack of players. Guessing the lack of players is a sign that he's not generating enough revenue with the current team to hold more. Training GS and getting massage, and adding 3 low salary players for the scrims would probably make him more scary.

Dough Boy$ - Looks to be a team in a bit of a transition phase with his players, but was easily the toughest opponent i faced in this league when i promoted. Knows enough about gameshape, player selection, and enthusiasm to win him a heavy percentage of games. Think if both you and him spend to your max, it'll be a rough fight for both parties.

The Heats - Doesn't manage enthusiasm, so until he picks up on that wont be a threat in the playoffs unless he has you by roughly 35-40k in talent.

NNA - A guy sitting on a lot of money, and when he chooses to compete again will probably be a problem for someone in this league. Make sure you keep an eye on him.

I'm skipping the next few because i didn't play against them.

Divinedragons - again, gameshape management leaves something to be desired. Never has spent a lot of salary, could actually be a threat if they do and get on a roll with some talent.

Jewish Mob - Was about 2 seasons ago that this team could sneak up and bite you. Has fallen completely off the radar.

Catzzz - Very underrated team. He made the playoffs with much the same salary/roster as he has now, but has recently become less interested in gameshape. I guess part of that is some salary transitioning, but i think lingering in D.IV for too long might provide you a scare sooner or later in the finals. He was the team in the finals last season in the G8.

Furious Judgement = FINAL JUDGEMENT!

Hopefully they pay a bit of attention to it. dropped the tips for those who wanted them.

I am a d4 49 New Comer
I am not sure what I am doing wrong I have invested into my team yet I am winless I dominated d5 when I was the only human being I have trained my younger players I have invested in my arena yet I continue to lose

@Boston - Greetings, might I suggest you join the USA Offsite to read some of the threads on fundamentals and advanced techniques for the game. It's loaded with useful information and tools specifically for USA managers. Learn more about it in this thread http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr...

^ Good tips. I like this league and try and just stick somewhere in the middle. Occasionally I'll shoot for playoffs but for the most part I'm not looking to promote.

It took me a while to figure out how to properly play. (Win in the regular) probably about a year, I highly suggest the offsite!! It helps big time with attendance an etc. And I like the media reviews of our teams, "Haryape responds to media criticism by saying why would he waste a bunch of money to win a league so I can be a loser in d3."in seems as if he is happy being the 4thonly seed every year. He better get them over that hump otherwise he will be sleeping on the streets.

This season or next year I am winning the championship... I promise.

You got this! I believe #bigbabychamps